{"id":184014,"date":"2025-10-07T22:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/184014\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T22:52:08","slug":"thomas-hearns-names-the-worst-fighter-out-of-the-four-kings-leonard-hagler-and-duran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/184014\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Hearns Names The Worst Fighter Out Of The Four Kings Leonard, Hagler And Duran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/thomas-hearns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Hearns<\/a> was one of the iconic Four Kings that took boxing by storm throughout the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/news\/hearns-says-he-was-robbed-by-fellow-king\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The Hitman\u2019 achieved plenty in the sport<\/a>, including becoming the first boxer in history to win world titles in five divisions when he managed it at welterweight, light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p>It was his epic battles against The Four Kings that Hearns is arguably best known for, with the quartet also consisting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/sugar-ray-leonard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sugar Ray Leonard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/marvin-hagler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvin Hagler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secondsout.com\/topic\/roberto-duran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto Duran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hearns met Leonard twice, losing one and drawing the other, whilst \u2018The Hitman\u2019 defeated Duran by second round stoppage when they met.<\/p>\n<p>It was the epic clash against Hearns that boxing fans tend to remember most fondly though, with the three-round war regarded as one of the best all-action fights of all time, and ending in a third round TKO win for Hagler.<\/p>\n<p>Despite coming up short in that bout, it seems that \u2018The Hitman\u2019 doesn\u2019t rate Hagler as highly as his other Four King rivals, as when once ranking his top ten fighters of all time, he surprisingly placed Hagler behind the others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1: Muhammad Ali. 2: Joe Frazier. 3: Thomas Hearns. 4: Roberto Duran. 5: Wilfred Benitez. 6: Sugar Ray Leonard. 7: Mike Tyson. 8: Floyd Mayweather. 9: George Foreman. 10: Marvin Hagler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/roberto-duran-was-the-greatest-of-the-four-kings-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Duran\u2019s achievements included becoming a four-weight world champion<\/a>, and he was the only one of the Four Kings to claim a victory over Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard got his revenge by defeating Duran in the next two meetings, whilst wins against Hearns and Hagler meant that Leonard was the only of the quartet to overcome the other three.<\/p>\n<p>Hagler was the long-reigning middleweight champion, managing to defeat Hearns and Duran but coming up short to Leonard, and while \u2018The Hitman\u2019 may view Hagler as the worst of the four, many boxing fans may disagree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Hearns was one of the iconic Four Kings that took boxing by storm throughout the 1980s. 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